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There are many ways to get lucky deep in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event. For one player on Monday in Event #25: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em, that way was by accidentally calling an all-in bet.
A crazy hand ensued on Day of a tournament that had 4,100 entrants and was down to 103 players. The payouts at the time were small, with the next elimination taking home just $1,702. But the top two finishers will receive a six-figure payout, so winning all ins at that point were valuable.
Douglas Cowell, however, ended up losing his stack during the barely-better-than-a-min-cash phase of the tournament, all because of a mistake his opponent, Scott Coyle, made.
Crazy Hand of Poker at the 2026 WSOP
PokerNews captured a video of the runout in the dramatic hand, with Cowell all in and ahead with A♠Q♥ against Coyle’s J♥3♣. If you’re wondering how the latter hand, a weak holding, ended up in a preflop all-in situation, well, it was a mistake.
Cowell jammed for around 250,000, which Coyle, the small blind, didn’t realize had happened. He simply put in enough chips to match the big blind while announcing “call.” The big blind then folded.
Since Coyle verbally announced “call,” even though he was unaware a player had moved all in, the floor supervisor correctly ruled that he was required to put in enough chips to match the all-in bet.
“Come on!” Coyle, standing up from his seat, shouted while awaiting the community cards to be dealt. “I ain’t worried about that.”
The flop came out 9♣K♥Q♦, top pair for Cowell and a gutshot straight draw for the player with jack-rag.
“Oh, god, don’t do it,” Cowell pleaded with the dealer.
But the 10♥ on the turn would have Coyle screaming, “yes, come on!” as he hit a straight. The 7♠ on the river didn’t change anything, and it sent Cowell home in 103rd place for $1,702.
“What the f**k?” another player at the table said.
The no-limit hold’em tournament was under 50 players left when this article published. It will play down to a winner on Tuesday. Coyle was still standing with around 10 big blinds at last check.
